DOWN THE WELL

A young woman finds herself transported to a magical world of talking animals in King's YA fantasy novel.

Lore Deoradán wants to be happy when she grows up. But navigating her parents' mercurial moods, moving to a new town just two weeks before her high school graduation, and dealing with her beloved grandma's declining health all make that dream seemingly impossible. Will her new job be the first step toward happiness, or will it be yet another disappointment? When she falls down a well into a magical world with talking animals that haven't seen a human for years, she must clear her name of the mayor's murder. Though, how anyone could possibly believe she'd deliberately kill a Herculean-sized alligator is beyond her. Now, her survival is tied to a mouse with a chip on its shoulder. There's also a cat who owns a pub where the animal patrons might be cannibals, a giant snake librarian who probably wants to eat her, and sentient lampposts who are never there when you need them. Can Lore prove her innocence, help a newfound friend, save the town from a dark and dangerous schemer, and find her way home? Kelli Wright (Veronica's true name) has a deep imagination, and a sail filled with ambition for the sea of opportunity ahead. As a teen, Kelli loved consuming all media about far-off magical worlds. As an adult, she enjoys using her own spellbinding creativity to spin whimsical worlds and charming characters from thin air. She is a proud Appalachian because you can take the woman out of the mountains, but you can't take the mountains out of the woman. When she isn't crafting a story, she enjoys kitchen witchery, reading to her young daughters, and playing video games with her spouse.